Wellington TCC photographs on Flickr

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, October 05, 2009

Photographs of the NZ Arboricultural Association/Stihl Wellington Region TCC event held on Saturday 3 October at the Wellington Botanic Gardens are nowloaded onto Flickr under 'Treetools'. There are ..

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Wellington TCC 'Unofficial' Results

Richard Tregoweth, Sunday, October 04, 2009

An excellent day of tree climbing in Wellington. Photos are being uploaded to Flickr now but may take a while - we will post the link once it is complete.Unofficial results are as follows:

Drew Bristow (Auckland): 152.55
Johno Smith (Auckland): 147.37
Matt Glenn (Auckland): 138.87
Jewand ..

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Wellington TCC this weekend

Richard Tregoweth, Friday, October 02, 2009

Don't forget - the Wellington Tree Climbing Championships are this Saturday, October 3 at the Botanic Gardens. This is the last Regional TCC event before the Nationals - no registration on the day - download information here.

Treetools will be there taking photographs and the DB Tree team are competing.Catch ..

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More stowage on your harness

Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, October 01, 2009

If you never seem to have enough storage on your harness - Yates have the answer! The Yates tool bag easily straps onto your harness with a couple of conveniently located Velcro loops.

Its clever design means the bag can be opened and closed with one hand and the inside ..

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Practitioners know best!

Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, October 01, 2009

If you want to know about the subtleties of a tool you need to talk to the people who use those tools everyday.

Jewand Ngau-Chun, an expert tree climbingarborist with Treescape Auckland uses a Silky Natanako 2000 pruning saw almost everyday. The 2000 is a later model of the original ..

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First aid kit for pig dogs

Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Yes! First aid for pig dogs! Treetools is not a hunting website but we do get plenty of hunters as customers, particularly for fine tooth Silky saws, the Corona root saw and Quik Clot.

A number of hunters have asked about stitch-up kits for their dogs - an angry boar ..

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Update on Christchurch TCC results

Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Apparently results got a little screwed up at the Christchurch TCC last Saturday - DQ'ed climbers got more points than finishing climbers! All has now been sorted and results have shifted slightly.

Updated results from Mark Roberts are as follows (see NZ Arb website for official results):

1st Matt Glen: ..

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ART Double Snapper works on most rope guides

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, September 29, 2009

The addition of a parrel ball to your system means you can retrieve your Rope Guide from the ground but, untethered, you will need to catch as it comes down - particularly the ART Rope Guides with mechanical cam devices - they are not happy being bounced!

If you don't ..

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Problems with treeMOTION D-rings - urban myth or reality?

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, September 28, 2009

Treetools have shown the treeMOTION harness to a countless number of climbers. Those who already own a treeMOTION claim it is the best investment they have every made.

Those who don't own one claim the DMM forged D-rings attaching the bridge to the leg and waist belt are too sharp ..

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Matt Glen takes out South Island TCC

Richard Tregoweth, Sunday, September 27, 2009

It appears competitive tree climbing is alive and well in Christchurch with 50 climbers competing in the South Island Tree Climbing Championships held on Saturday 26 at South Hagley Park.

Matt Glen (Auckland) was overall winner and like Andy Neverman, the winner of ..

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